Environment

Tesco Finest pasta now in paper packs

Tesco has rolled out new paper packaging for its Finest range of dried pasta.

JD Williams owner adopts dissolvable garment bags

Online retail group N Brown has switched to dissolvable packaging for its garment bags in a move that is expected to cut its use of conventional plastics by 44%.

Tame: "It remains vital that these misleading messages are challenged"

Two Sides reports rising greenwash cases and campaign success

Two Sides said it has now challenged over 2,800 organisations globally who were found to be communicating greenwashing messages to their customers – with cases rising as organisations focus...

The product has been launched under the Ecocaps brand

Prodigi launches “first-of-its-kind” end caps for cardboard tubes

Print on demand firm Prodigi has launched a “first-of-its-kind” moulded fibre end cap for cardboard tubes.

Swizzels: eye-catching box option

Swizzels trials paperboard container

Popular retro sweet brand Swizzels is trialling a new paperboard box for its Sweet Shop Favourites selection, produced by Affinity Packaging.

R&D work includes assessing thousands of potential materials and technologies

Unilever invests to find alternatives to plastics

Unilever is taking materials science “into our own hands” to cut its use of virgin plastics.

Healeys used the Lloyds Bank funding for new Konica Minolta kit as well as its solar panels

Healeys backs green ambitions with new solar panels

Healeys Printers has purchased 95kW of solar panels for its factory roof as part of its new ‘Road to Net Zero’ proposition.

Paper tub trialled for Quality Street

Nestlé is trialling a new paper tub for iconic Christmas staple Quality Street.

CMYUK is the exclusive distributor of Kavalan in the UK and Ireland

Kavalan materials granted protective patent

TAYA Canvas (Shanghai) has been granted a protective patent for its Kavalan PVC-free range of banner materials.

Fujifilm and Brother boost remanufacturing options

Two of the industry’s leading suppliers have boosted their re-use of resources credentials with new remanufacturing capabilities.